The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 11, 1916, Page 1

oh nt enn BOOM LUMBER RRR PRP PAPAL PRR pn PRAIA PPAR PPLE P PARRA SPREAD PPP POPP PP APPA PPP PPAR PP PPP APPA The Seattle Star ; (CHARGE $80,000 POLICE GRAFT LAST EDITION GETTING PRETTY WARM FOR SOME OF GOOD NEWS FOR SEATTLE AND THE NORTH FELLOWS WHO HAVE BEEN BUSILY BOOT- WEST IS CONTAINED IN| WORD THAT LUMBER GING BUT WEATHERMA SALISBURY PRE MILLS ARE TO INV ADE WORLD MARKETS THRU DICTS COOLER TIMES AND THUSLY HE VOCIF- A COOPERATIVE SELLING AGENCY THE ONLY SAPER IN SEATILE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : | [Arh 2000Hi ssh THUMSDAY, Fall SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER VOLUME 19. uN 1916. ONE CENT RED ¢-5 WIN THIRD VICTORY mountains beyond Paralt Falkenhayn, having annihilated the first Rumanian army, turned at once against the second Rumanian army and ro it up from west and south with an irresistible at tack that broke the enemy's oppo. sition on the Sinka river and threw BY H. C. HAMILTON United Press Staff Correspondent BROOKLYN, N. Y., Oct. 11.—Boston’s Red Sox advanced to asi They took the third! E Brooklyn Dodgers, 6 to 2, behind masterful pitching. a game of another world’s championship today. | Merkle. victory from the FIRST INNING Carrigan singled to ce BOSTON—Hooper out, Marquard ter, scoring Lewis, Leonard walk- | A grand jury investigation of the disappearance of | S'°R: an-| to Merkle. Janvein and Walker ed. Leonard out at second, Meyers g : gation ofthe ¢ PI oe Cee aa fanned. No runs. No hits, No er: to Merkle to Cutshaw men he large quantities of liquor held by Sheriff Hodge and said ae > the tried to go down on a ball that got | 4 ‘ DROOKLYN—Johneton tripled to|away from. Meyers. Carn |by him to have been destroyed without a court order, | in singled to right, would not take the chance and i y e, ay by 7 ss =. diyers singlet {0 cited: |on second. One rus. Two hits, No| Was being planned Wednesday by Deputy Prosecuting Wheat forced Merkle, Gardner to errors, aa | Attorney ?almer. Wheat took second on “YD utshaw double wet ae ‘ ‘ ts tisen Cutshaw was safe, and |to right. Mowrey walked. Olson An investigation started by Deputy prmabaleel! a Janvrin’s fumble. | popped to Hoblitzell. Meyers pop ‘ ‘ Ss cl i we) hates “y fe apie sores ted double steal, |ped to Scott. Pfeffer, batting for Palmer of the alleged destruction of 116 cases and eighi Wheat out at third, Carrigan, to | Marquard fanned, No runs. Ove| barrels of whisky brought out a failure on the part of BAN BY BRITISH J to Gardner. Mowrey fan- ‘© erro ra) .° ace : oo ge Mind yous, Two hite One | FIFTH INNING members of the sheriff s office to account for the liquor} error. i. ay ebb novpee walked. Jan before Justice Brinker, who late Tuesday recommended pamnens SECOND INNIN vrin fanned. Hooper stole second.| rats , prea : BOSTON — Hobiitzeil walked. | Meyers was given passed ball, but | grand jury probe. ae parted eotiiig cot memnags | Lewis doubled to right, Hoblitzell | Hooper was credited with a stolen | Palmer scoured the tide flats where the liquor was knocked home and breach of faith Hearst's In base. Walker up. Cutshaw drop. on third, Gardner i Bs ; nn, ‘scoring Hobiitzell and Lewis. |ped Cheney's throw for an error; Supposed to have been destroyed and instead of 1,392 deberred trom i pled Mice Scott hit to Wheat, who drop-| Walker popped to Olson. Hoblit-| hottle tops and eight barrels, ‘less than 200 bottle tOPS}ana trom use of: “all other’: fac iM ped the ball. It was an error. Car-|zell singled to left, scoring Hooper 1. |ties for the transmission of news,’ Higan sacrificed. Marquard to Mer-| Lewis fanned. One run, One hit.| Were found lohteh (netuline ‘oubtne aaa’ shane hie Leonard fanned afioorer out, | One error. Justice Brinker said that it was evident that the) controled by the British govern lerkie § unassiste irge runs BROOKLYN~-Johnston flied to q ment Fwo hits. One error . Lewis. Myers (lied to Hooper. Mer-| C4S€ Was SO serious as to demand further investigation. in an official statement issued BROOKLYN—Olson out, Gard-| (ie gingled to center. Wheat sin-| a “This court can do nothing.” | py the press bureau last night, a Her to Hoblitzell. Meyers walked |cieg to left. Cutshaw filed to! Lewis forced Hoblitzell, Mowrey to Brinker said, “so [ believe that it specific instance of publication’ of Marquard out, Leonard to Hob-|tewis, No runs. Two hits. No'Gatshaw, One run, Two hits, One |Sshould be turned over to the grand| "various false statements,” pur litzell. Johnston out, Scott to Hob- errors lerror Jury, which meets early in Novem-| porting to have come from London litzell. No runs. No hits. No er SIXTH INNING BROOKLYN—Omara, batting for | ber |“by International News Service” | Tors. HOSTON—Gardner fanned. Scott Cheney, fanned. Johnston flied to! Palmer said immodiately after| was cited. These concerned an air THIRD INNING fanned. Cartigan singled to left.| Lewis, Myers flied to Hooper. No (Continued on page 5) | raid on London BOSTON—Jantrin out, Cutshaw ||eonard fanned. No runs, One|runs. No hits, No errors j ae | ~ to Merkle. Walker beat out an in [it | No errors | EIGHTH INNING ler singled to right and took second | KANSAS POSTPONES field hit. Hobby flied to Myers BROOKLYN—Mowrey flied to| BOSTON—Rucker now pitching|/on Johnston's fumble. Johnston Walker out stealing, Meyers to|,ewis. Olvon out, Scott to Hoblit-|for Hrooklyn, Gardner out, Cut-| was given an error. Hooper out | i. 3 So aqua No runs. No bits. No/|zell. Meyers popped to Hoblitzell.{siaw to Merkle. Merkle dropped | stealing, Meyers to Mowrey, Jan TRIP; AFRAID OF SUB “ No runs, No hits. No errors Scott's high foul for an error. Scott|vrin fanned. No ru ‘, Oo v BROOKLYN — Myers flied to SEVENTH INNING ote Olson to Merkle. Carrigan fan-| One etror, Pe te wa Ml caesar ette tio es caer eh eneee® Walker Merkle popped to Scott BOSTON--Hooper singled to left.|ned. No runs. No hits, One error BROOKLYN—Mowrey flied to|ly a half-million-dollar. car A cag ol Wheat flied to Lewis. No runs. No! jJanvrin foreed Hooper, Mowrey to| BROOKLYN—Merklé out, Scott) Lewis. Olson walked. Meyers|St, Nazaire, France, bie Bits. No errors Olson. Walker out, Olson to Mer-|to Hoblitzell, Wheat filed to|forced Olson, Janvrin to Scott.| postponed early today 7 FOURTH INNING \kle. Janvrin taking second, Hob-| Walker, Cutshaw Hned to Hooper. | Stengel running for Meyers, Getz,| ‘The Kansan was examined and BOSTON—Lewis singled to left. |litzell beat out an infield hit, Jan yp runs. No hits. No errors. batting for Rucker, out, Gardner to| passed by a German submarine Gardner sacrificed, Mowrey to | vrin scoring. Cheney made a bad NINTH INNING Hoblitzell. No runs. No hits, No|Sunday, on her way here from New ane. Seott out, Mowrey to'throw and was given an error. BOSTON—Leonard fanned, Hoop- | errors. York. A cc, THE BOX SCORE | LUMBER TRADE. 6 . BOSTON— AB. R. H.: PO. A. Bi Perfecting the organization 5 4 > : ‘ of the Dougias Fir Exploitation ¥ BOOPER, RF.......... 3° 1 F 30 6 se denne he Sean q SVR Oe oe ates OB Be OE 2. es additional world com- ; , 45 “—s 9 merce to the Pacific North- WALKEROGR, 5,....6%5. 44,0 12 9 OF meroe to the Pacific worth . MepTZell, 18.:....... 3°.1 2.9 0 o| water mila of the West Coan Pree... ccsccae we ee Oe je today in ao it tant sessions — aa = eee SB. Bred EB e t tmeertant eossone i it = a Meaty, SS.ucsi...ceecee 2 OO O 3 8 BO Up to this time Pacific coast raft collections reac $80,000 a mon “4 oh \lumber has largely sold itself in MMRRIGAN, C.i.....0:.°3°9 0 2° 2 1 @ |vortd martete The, mill owners Three hundred “joints” operate! LEONARD, P............. 3 0 0 0 1 0 of modern merchandising, at the) Share of the spoils goes to police officers! —_— << = ——_— — |wame time creating a sufficient ex-) x 7 TOTALS 33 6 9 2 0 1 | port demand to akehp the slack of These were admissions made to The Star by Sergeant Putnan 7 ~ ee - overproduction whic ccording Ses |to reports of government experts Of the dry squad Wednesday. BROOKLYN— AB. R. H. PO. A. ne Bootleggers, gamblers and rooming house proprietors keep un= JOHNSTON, RF......-.. 4 1 1 0 0 1 eePoticeman Margett, Arrested in Early-Morning Booth Fas Pir Bxvioitation and der cover by paying blood money. MYERS, CF.... You aoa eae lnation of manufacturers in an ex Sergeant Putnam made the statements following the arrest of MERKLE, 1B.. beer 3 6 4. 9 he 4 peice Bong 9 be estabiigea /©%*Policeman Margett, who was caught in a raid ona liquor wi WHEAT. LF.............. 4 0 1001 in the United Staten, tne Ouse at 5500 First ave. S. early Wednesday morning. SISHAW, 2b........:.- 4°50. 1.3.2 1 [home trade, confining its explotta- ‘At least 300 hotels, rooming houses, soft drink estab! | ton and marketing efforts exclu- 7 Se esas se) ee. 2 we |tively to overseas husiness, ip wii|ments, negro clubs and gambling houses are operating in defiance 3 peal a Ee ee a ae ee pee apeertiag te ern Of the law,” he radh pong we” pay from $50,000 to $80,00 4G. MEYERS, C.....2.0.....3...0..0 11.3.0 prices. It is stmply going. after th | protection money every month. weat's hate of an im-} ~~ " MARQUARD, P........... 1:0 0 0 2 Q) teens er Tambor trhde, which | “A month and a half ago’ thé dry squad had the liquor’si 7 ad *PFEFFER . pee ad SO OOO ts cman jbareett was mae 1, Hee, the, hardert man tn town |d wi be greres hn Bagh rd tie Buropean| tion, pretty well in hand. : , jlow to resign from the police de- to ge’ ee e eckingham | war CHENEY, P.............. 0 0 0 0 © 1/0red te resian thom tne roma orjseid several months ago, when he| "In the past only. comparativels Today, with all these places running, it is certain that the RUCKER, P.............. 1 0 “0 0 0 Olthe dry equad charged him with|S™reny inal Marmelt was Deading emai quantity of, Pacific coast lice, or at least members of the department, know about them **Omara 1 0 0 0 0 _ Ojtrring to tip oft « raid on Clarence to be caught with any evidence Iway to BT on markets found M8! are not trying to suppress them. Oe acces «en fe Jerald’s cafe, last spring. M tend: Police spenhanetUsiieatglleineeny F99Getz oe .eeeee sees 1 0 0 0 0 0} Whew the ‘ary sauad investigat | Chiet eee ee ny citizen can figure out what amount of protection paid hk y lor nT clothes, entered the hy e 7 . ee ss a, WR O:-0 - 0. Oran tat weer one he had heard rumors that. Marget RUMANIA iS these 300, or more, places must be if only as little as $100 a mo! —_—_— — — — —/the front entrance. He is alleged Margett has a \ of friends re ; 31 2S 27 WA ble tate givens slanal, which was the department,” Beckingham said. is paid iy Bo each. Twenty-five dollars a week is not excessive, con- TOTALS Silat eee suntee 5) > followed by an electric bell buzzer, “I don't doubt ‘but what some of INVADED BY sidering the high price of booze. es . | which warn empioyes of the pres th 1 ith ht “Batted for Marquard in 4th. | gate.or police | Scab tor gae the Hooda ou theakrt’ | “If the dry squad had not been hampered in almost every cons ” **Batted for Cheney in 7th. | ook? ,atuat otticers “claimed te) Sarat. Fstaam and ble nies Sare F AN AR \ceivable way, its raids tipped off, its telephone tapped, and threats — ey cg cama ag gy [with him. et Putnam aid hie! atargen™7itt® Syndicate lof personal violence circulated—many of these from within the des _ r yi s en Sere’ utnam la! his 3 ett “dealt for RP shardan: betord. Ohler: Beckungham, | tha Jéees Motes Hilt corapens: ot partment—conditions couldn’t have become as thoroly rotten as SUMMARY Margett immediately obtained|San Franciseo, which furnished BERLIN, Via Wireless to |the are now.’ Same tus~Gastnee. leave of absence, stating that he practically all the booze distribut-. Sayville, Oct. 11.—®avarian y ° Three-base hit—Jobnston. was going to “visit relatives in ed by the Billingsleys hore troops, under Gen. Von Krafft, May Be Graft, Says Gill ! Two-base hite—Lewis, Cutshaw. Oregon.” Mayor Gill, Chief Beckingham after capturing the Red Tower There may be’ police officers that protected bootlegging rings) First_ave. storehouse. Sacrifice hits—Carrigan, Gardner. He resigned in a day or so. and Sergt, Putnam have said from! Pass, have march: uthward collecting graft,” Mayor Gill sald were operating Tipster a Billingsley Man Stolen base—Hooper. Tried for Graft time to time that this big corpora and invaded Rumania from the | Wednesday. “And I'd welcome the Peanuts” Lindon, a well-known It was after midnight when Chieé Struck out—-By Marquard 3, by Leonard 2, by Che r A few months prior to that Mar-'tion was backing the aystematized| north for the first time since [opportunity to put my finger on character south of Yesler way,|Beckingham and his men went te balis--Off Marquard 2, off Leonard 4, off Cheney | gett had been in the public eye,| bootlegging syndicate work in the inning of the war, it |them. Personally, I believe cond!- who made it a practice to furnish | raid the place. ba pa Prem fovnd when he defended himself in supe-| state mi-officially announced /tions are better here now than arrested dance hall wom-| When they started breaking tm * jor court char f accepti: Carioad aft carl f wh y today. they ever were. The temptation i ted open |the d re Beers opener ans Ft Maraenne tn, Pes ISAM Fe en earner ae eh ENT |. Tie Tarek sad second Remanieelin's policamen la ctrous—whers belohues RG yon wea What : Passed ball—Meyers. The young police officer made a. warded to Seattle or points outside Ormies that invaded Transylvania | sees a chance to collect. There) He had $1,400 sewed in his} The door was opened. Pi ee 5 ¢ 8 9 long plea to the jury and was ac: the city limits. have been annihilated by the Aus-|are weak men; we have had to deal | cjothes. |they found Margett and 4 Score by innings:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 quitted. | ‘Thousands of dollars’ worth has|tto-Germans, who are sweeping the | with three of them during the last’ Hoth Margett and Lindon were|cases of whisk: E BOSTON 0301101 0 0—6 gl Police, circles, Margett hag | been destroyed. Yet It bas contin. | spony tae epee. shalt owe Liew éare.” refused bail. vibe wed come. ontier. ni om. ‘ BROOKLYN. 2009000707002 poued of Rumanians and Russians, cone’ a grand fury investigation.”| The police say the arrest of Mar- has begun to waver and if retreat-) «1 think a grand jury investiga-|gett resulted from tips obtained ing hastily thru the Georgeny |tion is a good thing when rumors from two alleged bootleggers ar ! rested earlier in the evening, whilo transporting Mquor to the First ave. warehouse. are being circulateds’ he said. “It might help in separating the truth from the gossip wrongly founded TO ARGUE N.W, Chief Beckingham said Wednes Sergt. Putnam believes the Bill-) |day he would like to get the ingsleys, in competition with Mar- ‘| | goods" on officers taking money gett, laid the trap for his arrest. | + ‘for their silence A carload of whisky had been un-) loaded at Georgetown early Tues-| I will fire any officers,” he said, ‘when I get evidence that they are/day morning. The police knew) Charies A. R a |not playing square with me and the | that hsiuaen cote eynolds, former | rest of the department At 7:30 p. m. W. M. Chadwick of an of the state public service Mayor Gill gave Chief Becking-|the City Taxicab & Transfer Co,|Commission, left for Washington, l reported the theft of an auto truck) D. C., Wednesday morning to argue the Northwest tourist rate case be. fore the supreme court. The |ment is to be made October 16, Reynolds will return to Seattle Oc tober 20, With the aid of The Star, he nolds undertook the cam i compel the Southern Pacific, Unies Pacific and its allied company, th regon-Washington, to give Seat- \tle and other Northwestern cities [ore orders to have Margett and ySerlgp! Lindon arrested on va-|ffom their garage. ancy charges as soon as they| All police officers were given the fe iomcg released on habeas corpus |humber of the truck and instructed | which he understood |t© Wateh for tt Think It a “Frame-Up" Sergt. George Melvin and Patrol. ‘and |man George Osborne stopped the} truck, carrying 48 cases of whisky, and arrested William Edmonds and Jarry Smith, at 29th ave. and Jack on st., during the evening. | proc eeding ‘had been started One letter from the Hunt Liquor Co. to Margett taken by the police, seid, “We sin \cerely trust that this shipment will jreach you without interferen |and, as you seem to be pretty cle Jesse-Moore to the O. & W., we beg to advise| Smith formerly worked for the| 16 220 Ol ‘that the car is N. P.—48123, We |Billingsleys, the police si : e tourist rates as Los An- |puggest you Keep close touch with|, From them, the police are al- |/€*)* nd other California clita, Kk Ron he pre |the car so as to divert it in transit |!eKed to have learned that the | ory ‘tg aerate tt COnmeam |truck load was being transported | © g0 from Chicago to San if necessary.’ | Kdward Margett, former police officer, was locked in solitary con-| |finement at the city ana a ee The Taming ave, 8, where the old First Ave. vr of Red Butte S4¥ CRAWFORD DIES | Francisco, via Seattle, and return, than it does to go to San Francisco | via Los Angeles, altho the Southern | trip is several hundred miles longer {than the Northern one. from a cache in Georgetown to the laundry building had deen utilized | as a Mquor storehouse, when police officers raided jt at an early hour Sam L. Crawford, or Wednesday morning. W ti ” tate firm of ‘Ceavehard 2 conaiall Chief Beckingham, Night Capt. es ern |died Wednesday at his home, 906 Kent, of detectives, Sergt. Frank Shelby st., after an illness of more Melvin, and Patrolmen Guy Carle. By Francis Lynde |than a year. He was president of ton and H. G. rest. Margett did not resist the of. ficers. One hundred and fifty cases! jot whisky were found in the build |the Pioneers’ association two years and was more than 55 years of age. For years he took an active part in the commercial development of Seattle and was identified with the Papke made the ar-| Will Be the Next Novel a Week ling. Margett had $2,350.50 in his e i mber of Commerce and the pockets, and papers that showed In The Star Kiks’ lodge. large liquor transactions, including | a Se This thrilling story of the building of a great a bill for 200 cases shipped October | 3 from San Francisco. | | it | he Margate Plante R Western railroad will start in3 mt. 1094 he arrest followed rumors that} Monday ai | | 18.6 ft 10:8¢ p. the city was rotten with graft, and ond y nd and Baturday. o_-—__ ———-. ¥